13-letter words containing d, o, w, e
- thundershower — a shower accompanied by thunder and lightning.
- to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
- toilet powder — a fine powder sprinkled or rubbed over the skin, especially after bathing.
- toothed whale — any whale of the suborder Odontoceti, having conical teeth in one or both jaws and feeding on fish, squid, etc.
- townsend plan — a pension plan, proposed in the U.S. in 1934 but never passed by Congress, that would have awarded $200 monthly to persons over 60 who were no longer gainfully employed, provided that such allowance was spent in the U.S. within 30 days.
- twenty-second — next after the twenty-first; being the ordinal number for 22.
- two solitudes — a term for the situation of English and French Canada, considered as socially and culturally isolated from each other
- two-word verb — a phrasal verb.
- unbowdlerized — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- und so weiter — and so forth; et cetera. Abbreviation: usw, u.s.w.
- underwithhold — to withhold too little.
- unputdownable — (especially of a book or periodical) so interesting or suspenseful as to compel reading.
- vandyke brown — a medium brown color.
- wagon soldier — a field-artillery soldier.
- wall of death — (at a fairground) a giant cylinder round the inside walls of which a motorcyclist rides
- wanted notice — a public announcement by the police that they want to question someone in connection with a crime that has been committed
- waste product — material discarded as useless in the process of producing something.
- water soldier — an aquatic plant, Stratiotes aloides, of Europe and NW Asia, having rosettes of large leaves and large three-petalled white flowers: family Hydrocharitaceae
- water-proofed — impervious to water.
- waterboarding — a harsh interrogation technique in which water is poured onto the face and head of the immobilized victim so as to induce a fear of drowning.
- waterflooding — (in oil, gas, or petroleum production) the practice of injecting water to maintain pressure in a reservoir and to drive the oil, etc towards the production wells
- weapons-grade — Weapons-grade substances such as uranium or plutonium are of a quality which makes them suitable for use in the manufacture of nuclear weapons.
- weather-bound — delayed or shut in by bad weather.
- weatherboards — Plural form of weatherboard.
- weathercocked — Simple past tense and past participle of weathercock.
- web developer — a person or company that develops World Wide Web software applications, or that creates and maintains websites.
- web directory — a database of selected websites, ordered in such a way as to facilitate browsing
- wedgwood blue — a blue-gray color, especially one characteristic of Wedgwood ceramic ware.
- welding torch — tool used to fuse metals
- well and good — You say well and good or all well and good to indicate that you would be pleased if something happens but you are aware that it has some disadvantages.
- well disposed — If you are well disposed to a person, plan, or activity, you are likely to agree with them or support them.
- well governed — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- well-anchored — any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- well-assorted — properly matched and suited to one another
- well-combined — made by combining; joined; united, as in a chemical compound.
- well-composed — calm; tranquil; serene: His composed face reassured the nervous passengers.
- well-conveyed — to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
- well-disposed — favorably, sympathetically, or kindly disposed: The sponsors are well-disposed toward our plan.
- well-favoured — of pleasing appearance; good-looking; pretty or handsome.
- well-followed — to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
- well-governed — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- well-grounded — based on good reasons; well-founded: His opposition to the scheme is well-grounded.
- well-informed — having extensive knowledge, as in one particular subject or in a variety of subjects.
- well-observed — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
- well-operated — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- well-ordering — an ordering in which every nonempty subset has a least member under the relation
- well-oriented — the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- well-polished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
- well-provided — having been furnished or supplied with a sufficient amount
- well-reasoned — based on reason: a carefully reasoned decision.